Apple "Scary Fast" Event on 10/30/2023 at 8 PM ET

[Foxbat]

First post with the M3. The magnets on the MagSafe adapter are set to 11, to the point where it's difficult to disconnect. The keyboard feels nice, and after the 2016 MBP with the Butterfly keyboard, it almost feels full travel.

This is the 11-Core variant with 14 GPU Cores. The 11 CPU cores are split 5/6 between power and efficiency. I am trying to think if there is anything I have loaded that I can throw at it to try to tax it. Maybe after Thanksgiving...

 

[harshness]

I am trying to think if there is anything I have loaded that I can throw at it to try to tax it.

Apparently, only Intel hardware is supported by the Folding at Home client.

 

[Foxbat]

Apparently, only Intel hardware is supported by the Folding at Home client.

I shut down my Folding Farm and re-purposed the graphics cards, so I won’t be using them again. As far as the no native Apple Silicon support, I guess the new hosts for Folding have other priorities.

Besides, Folding on a laptop isn’t a good fit; I tried it long ago and it was basically a good way to suck dust into the heatsinks and fans.

I’ll stick with video rendering for the acid test.